THE MOLECULAR BASIS OF INHERITANCE
THE HUMAN GENOME
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Colorblindness
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Huntington’s disease
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Cystic Fibrosis
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Down syndrome
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Detailed explanation-1: -Autosomal Recessive: Cystic Fibrosis, Sickle Cell Anemia, Tay-Sachs Disease. You inherit genes from your biological parents in specific ways. One of the ways is called autosomal recessive inheritance.
Detailed explanation-2: -Disease at a Glance CF is caused by genetic changes in the CFTR gene and inheritance is autosomal recessive.
Detailed explanation-3: -To have CF, a child must inherit two abnormal genes-one from each parent. The recessive CF gene can occur in both boys and girls because it is located on non-sex-linked chromosomes called autosomal chromosomes. CF is therefore called an autosomal recessive genetic disease.
Detailed explanation-4: -Cystic fibrosis is an autosomal recessive genetic disorder.